Soul echo

Chapter 179 Everything has a bargaining chip

[System upgrade begins——]

Zhong Ye watched Lilian's 'soul' leaving his body, and his reaction suddenly became dull.

At this time, he swept his gaze across the hall of the Adventurer's House, and found that there were four other people in the same situation.

They were all players, and they were part of the peep he felt just now.

With his left hand resting on the table, he propped up his chin. Because of the upgrade of the game system, Zhong Ye didn't know what to do for a while. He opened the forum and looked at it, but felt that it was meaningless.

Everyone is discussing what the next version of "Resonance of Souls" will be like. They also heard that many systems will be added. Almost half of the people are arguing about what to add, and a small half are complaining about Mirage Before the game is finished, throw it out to collect money.

There are only a few posts discussing things related to cultists, but these posts are either not credible at all, or they are simply discussing the meaning of existence of cultists, why they appear, and then screaming at the decay and backwardness of feudal society— - Everyone knows this kind of thing.

He came to Annecy to find the traces of the cultists, but what made him feel troublesome now was that he didn't know how to start.

Similar to the situation in Valais, intelligence agents on the black market in Turin discovered some clues from the trade of contraband in caravans and local gangs.

——Even if there is a named battle group of the Goddess of Family stationed in this city, these things are forbidden. Even in the technologically advanced 22nd century, things like psychedelic drugs are repeatedly banned outside of China.

Naturally, Zhong Ye couldn't be an addict. As a young man who grew up in Hongqi, he always hated such things.

But with his body, if he didn't pretend to be an addict, it would be wishful thinking to get in touch with the vendors who sold these things.

He didn't want to pretend, he just wanted to get those guys out and kill them.

On this point, all churches agree with him.

Excessive use of hallucinogens will attract the attention of the Lord of Pleasure demons. If you go further and hold an unobstructed conference while using hallucinogens, you may even get a glimpse of the Lord of Pleasure.

In Dan's world history, this has happened several times.

Among other things, cultists use hallucinogens to communicate with their so-called 'gods'.

Even a very small number of fanatics who want to get the attention of righteous gods will try to use this method to stimulate their "more fanatical beliefs", and they will succeed almost every time, because demons or evil gods who perceive that they are believers of righteous gods will They corrupt and thus pollute the gods they worship.

Corrupted fanatics can naturally receive the attention of the gods, but the attitude is completely opposite to what they imagined.

Hallucinogens are harmful to the human body and have no benefit, but there are still many people in the world who need such things, so they are banned repeatedly.

His eyes wandered in the hall, searching among the crowd, and suddenly, Zhong Ye remembered something.

Adventurers and mercenaries have always been compared with thieves. Before the establishment of the Adventurer's House, these guys were not as well-behaved as they seem now.

Even now, they are probably just behaved in this hall to obey the rules. If they leave the Adventurer's House, they will be what they were before, and they will still be what they are now.

What clues might he be able to find in this group of guys?
Zhong Ye tried to instruct Lilian's character, but he didn't expect it to succeed—the girl obeyed the order, got up and returned to the room.

I didn't expect this little girl to trust him so much...

Without the interference of underage girls, Zhong Ye stretched his shoulders and walked towards a person sitting alone in the corner of the hall.

He put the big sword in the room, his body was light, and he only wore a straight knife on his waist. Even so, his size was enough to make people feel intimidated.

The adventurer sitting in the corner of the hall, who seemed to be drinking heavily, was actually observing other people and eavesdropping on information. When he saw Zhong Ye sitting down, he wanted to get up and leave.

But at this moment, Zhong Ye said, "Can you help me contact the Thieves Guild in this place?"

His voice was so small that it didn't spread out, and was drowned in the noise around him, only the poorly dressed adventurer could hear it.

Hearing these words, the adventurer, who had just gotten off the chair, sat back down again.

He looked around and asked in a low voice, "How do you know I can contact them?"

Zhong Ye pointed to his eyes. If he guessed correctly, this adventurer should also be a thief.

The adventurer suddenly realized, although Zhong Ye didn't know what he understood, but he seemed to understand.

Looking around the hall, the adventurer raised his glass and took a sip of the bitter drink, "Go out, then go to the right, you can see a blacksmith shop, there is an alley next to the blacksmith shop, wait there for a few minutes , someone will take you there."

Zhong Ye took out a copper coin from the purse, put it gently on the table, and stood up, "Thank you."

"……and many more."

Seeing the copper coin, the adventurer stopped Zhong Ye, sighed helplessly, and said, "Remember, put your arms around your chest and make a fist with your right hand."

Zhong Ye smiled slightly, waved his hands and left.

It had only snowed last night, and the streets were wet and slippery when walking on the road. Coupled with the cold wind blowing, there were not many people on the street.

Walking on the road, the homeless people who could be seen from time to time all disappeared at this time—they were all taken in by the local church.

Of course, this shelter is limited to winter, and they have to use labor in exchange for food. If they don't work, they can only get half of the bread every day.

After all, the church only guarantees that they will not be frozen to death or starved to death, whether they are fed and clothed has nothing to do with the church.

Zhong Ye followed the instructions to the alley next to the blacksmith's shop, folded his hands on his chest, clenched his fist with his right hand, waited in the alley for a while, and then the back door of the blacksmith's shop opened.

A young man dressed as an apprentice poked his head out and took a look, "...Come in."

The stronghold of the local Thieves Guild is in this blacksmith shop?

Zhong Ye lowered his head and got through the door frame, and immediately a wave of heat rushed to his face.

This is the forging room of the blacksmith shop. At this time, the flames in the iron furnace are burning brightly. A blacksmith and his two older apprentices are forging some iron objects. same as existence.

The young man wiped his dark face with his hand, and led Zhong Ye to go deeper into the blacksmith shop. After reaching the room where ironware and materials were stored, he used his hands to push away the floating soil covering the wooden boards, lifted the cover, and put A deep passage appeared before Zhong Ye's eyes.

The young man also seemed to understand the suspicion of the 'guest', so he raised a lantern and jumped down first, then called Zhong Ye to jump down too.

After Zhong Ye entered the passage, he had to bend over. Even an adult of normal height couldn't straighten his back in this passage, let alone him.

It was the boy who led the way, he could walk through this passage with his head held high.

The passage is very long and looks like a straight line, but in fact it is just an illusion caused by light and shadow.

There is a slight arc in the passage, which makes their journey seem to lead out of the city, but they are actually circling underground in the city.

After walking for about 5 minutes, they arrived at the finish line.

It was a somewhat cramped room with a set of tables and chairs, a lantern, and a person in a black robe.

Apart from the passage behind them, there seemed to be no other exits from the room, but the cunning rabbit still had three caves, and Zhong Ye believed that there were other ways out.

But the other way out was hidden very deep, at least for now, he only sensed the ventilation duct.

After bringing Zhong Ye to this room, the boy returned the same way with the lamp in hand, leaving only Zhong Ye and the man in black here.

"Everything has a price."

Just as Zhong Ye opened his chair and sat down, the man in black muttered in a hoarse voice, and then asked, "Young man, what do you want to buy from us?"

To be honest, if he was just playing games, he would feel that the man in black is very mysterious, interesting, and stylish...but now he just feels embarrassed.

"I want to crack down on the hallucinogen business in this city, tell me the names of the people who do it, make me a list!"

Perhaps he had never come into contact with someone as direct as Zhong Ye, who did not conceal his purpose at all, the man in black fell silent.

"……no."

"Why? Could it be that your guild is also managing these things?" Having said this, Zhong Ye's eyes became sharper instantly.

The man in black shook his head, "That would make us offend too many people..."

Hearing this, Zhong Ye immediately untied the money bag and threw it over.

"Is it enough?"

The man in black pushed back the purse and shook his head again, "It's not about money..."

Zhong Ye raised his eyebrows, did not accept the money bag, and asked instead: "Everything has a price?"

The man in black froze, sighed, "Your price is not enough..."

　The title is wrong, it should be 'price'

　　
　
(End of this chapter)